Vocabulary
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- of yore: Belonging to long ago; in ancient times.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- second nature: A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
- such as: For example; like
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- point out: To make others aware of an idea
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- great: Very good; better than before
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- business: A company formed for making profit
- part: Division of a book
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
- confirm: To formally approve or check something
- site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
- customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
- reservation: Arrangement to keep a room or table for you
- assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
- rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
- boutique: Small fashionable shop
- constructive: Having positive effective results
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
- virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
- maze: Network of paths you have to make your way through
- detour: Indirect route to avoid something, as an accident
- presume: To assume that something is true till proven false
- bath: Long container you fill with hot water to wash in
- confirmation: Approval or check of something
- egregious: Conspicuously or outrageously bad or contemptible
- undertaking: To begin; attempt; take on responsibility for
- ware: Articles made of the stated substance or method
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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